Insolation and CO2 contribution to the interglacial climate before and after the Mid-Brunhes Event

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-246

  Yin, Q Z ^a   Berger, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOREAL; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; INSOLATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77950539857     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo771     Document Type: Article

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